Fluency & Psychotherapy

[frostyfrost]

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I was debating this with a colleague.
Let's say that you are an attending and you are allowed to give psychotherapies.
Because of your foreign language fluency (high school or college level, etc), you are referred specific patients from a particular ethnic group. However, you are not fluent in terms of the psychological terms in that language. Is it ethical to give psychotherapy in that particular language?
What do you think?

 

[OldPsychDoc]

I was debating this with a colleague.
Let's say that you are an attending and you are allowed to give psychotherapies.
Because of your foreign language fluency (high school or college level, etc), you are referred specific patients from a particular ethnic group. However, you are not fluent in terms of the psychological terms in that language. Is it ethical to give psychotherapy in that particular language?
What do you think?

No.
You're attempting to practice beyond your scope of competency.
(And I don't see where 'secondary gain' enters in to this.)

 

[birchswing]

That's not even ethical for tech support service.

 

[hamstergang]

Is it ethical to give psychotherapy in that particular language?
What do you think?

It's a clear no, and unrelated to the title of this thread.